Honoring Iowa 47: Emotional Ceremony Commemorates USS Iowa Tragedy
Norfolk, Virginia – Naval Station Norfolk held a solemn ceremony to honor the lives lost aboard the USS Iowa. The event took place at Iowa Point, the location of the USS Iowa Memorial, where the Navy hymn was sung. Although this was not the first time a ceremony had been conducted to remember the tragic events that occurred on the USS Iowa. On April 19, 1989, a devastating explosion in gun turret two on the …